21.   The IRA said it would not retaliate for that killing, and since then, security officials here say, the province has been quiet.

22.   The Kosovar Albanians are Muslims and would like their province to be independent.

23.   The latter province could be attractive because it borders Pakistan, which had been supportive of the Taliban.

24.   The Kosovar Albanians want their province to be free of Serb control.

25.   The latter province could be attractive because it borders Pakistan, which has been supportive of the Taliban.

26.   The province is indeed picture-perfect and offers activities to please the whole family.

27.   The Northern Alliance is dominated by ethnic Tajiks and Uzbeks, while Kunduz province is heavily Pashtun.

28.   The province is part of Serbia, one of two republics remaining in Yugoslavia.

29.   The province is under the formal authority of India.

30.   The province has also been a major cocaine smuggling route, with dozens of clandestine airstrips, cocaine processing laboratories and even some coca plantations.